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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1011 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



...CRITICAL FLASH FLOOD EVENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO 

AREA...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR 

JOHNSON AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES...



LOCAL MEDIA CONTINUES TO REPORT THAT ALL SOUTHBOUND LANES ON 

INTERSTATE 35 NEAR LAMAR ARE STILL REPORTED CLOSED AT THIS HOUR...AS 

WELL AS K-32 NEAR I-435...42ND STREET NEAR KANSAS AVENUE AND 

SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS 

THE WESTERN METRO AREA.  THE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT REPORTED OVER TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 7 PM ACROSS SOUTHERN 

WYANDOTTE COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF I-70.



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION  MOTORISTS 

ARE ENCOURAGED TO AVOID ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IN THE METRO AREA 

THIS EVENING.  



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. YOU WILL PUT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY IN SERIOUS DANGER IF 

YOU DO. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3907 9492 3879 9499 3878 9466 3916 9463

      3919 9485



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